New Spider-Man Game Crawls Onto The Scene [Video]

A new Spider-Man game has been confirmed by Activision and is currently in development at Beenox.

The fact that they just finished Edge of Time notwithstanding, the new game is simply titled ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and serves as an epilogue to the events of the upcoming movie for which it shares a license.

Yes, it’s a licensed game (as in based on a movie), but Beenox have managed decent Spider-Man games previously, and a few recent licensed games have been proving naysayers wrong, so there is some hope for it.

To aid in their quest to achieve a licensed success, Beenox have enlisted the help of Hollywood writer Seamus Kevin Fahey, who most recently worked on Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.

There are mentions of a new ‘Web Rush mechanic’ which “allows players to pull off a vast array of moves never before possible” but whether that might imply spinning webs large enough to span the distance of a city, taking out multiple foes at once with web-like powers of awesome, or simply making a sandwich, is anyone’s guess right now.

As expected, the debut trailer for the game will be airing during Spike TV’s Video Game Awards this Saturday.

Of course, you could just watch the video above, which is a month-old leak of a trailer for the game.

I have my opinions over why the Spider-Man franchise can never see critical acclaim the likes of which movies like Thor and The Dark Knight have received, however that has no place on a gaming website. What does have a place on a gaming website is the question of whether this game will impress anyone.